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30 letter to James Dinwiddie from Joseph Hume

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Astronomy

This series of notes written by James Dinwiddie focuses on astronomy. Dinwiddie discusses the properties of the moon and outlines the lunar cycle as well as the phenomenon of comets. He provides a list of well known astronomers and their publications including Isaac Newton, Rene Descartes, Johannes Kepler, Socrates, Nicolas Copernicus, Otto Guernicke, Galileo, Ptolemy, and Edmond Halley.

Cartography

This scientific journal by James Dinwiddie focuses on navigation by stars which is demonstrated through a series of calculations. This file consists of one journal.

Correspondence from Donald MacLean

File consists of two letters from Don McLean to Ernest Heighton and notes of Don's recollections of Howard Bronson. File also includes a copy of a letter from Howard to Don.

Correspondence from Isabel Pope

File consists of one letter from Isabel Pope and information regarding Dr. Bronson at the Marble Mountain Seminar from the summer of 1953 and at Glen Haven seminar from around the early 1940s as requested by Heighton.

Correspondence from Millie McLaren

File consists of one letter from Millie McLaren to Ernie Heighton and a copy of an article "The amazing power of willingness, an exploration of total surrender" by Frances Horn published in the Science of Mind, December, 1981.

Correspondence from Solomon Feferman

The file consists of correspondence from Solomon Feferman to Dr. Ernest Heighton concerning books on philosophy. The file includes a bibliography of philosophy books.

Correspondence from William Morse

File consists of correspondence between Ernest Heighton and William Morse. The file contains information regarding Bronson as requested by Heighton to contribute to his biography on Bronson.

Correspondence regarding Professor Charles Walmsley

The file consists of a letter from Doris Walmsley informing Dr. Ernest Heighton about the death of Professor Charles Walmsley, includes a newspaper clipping with a picture of Doris and Charles Walmsley, and a letter from King's College Cambridge containing Professor Charles Walmsley's obituary.

Correspondence with Alex Macdonald

File consists of correspondence between Ernest Heighton and Alex Macdonald. The correspondence relates to research on Dr. Howard Bronson, and a memorial for Bronson.

Correspondence with Donald L. Kirkey

File consists of correspondence between Ernest Heighton and Donald Kirkey. The correspondence relates to research on Howard Bronson and Dr. Henry Burton Sharman.

Correspondence with Glenn Olds

File consists of correspondence from Glenn Olds to Ernest Heighton and contains information regarding his memories of Howard Bronson, the Iota Sigma meetings in Camp Minising and the Alpha Psi Zeta Foundation with Dr. Sharman as requested by Heighton to contribute to his biography on Bronson.

Correspondence with John O. Godden

File consists of correspondence between Ernest Heighton and John O. Godden an internal medicine doctor at Commerce Court Medical Centre. The file contains a copy of a paper written by Godden on Howard Bronson.

Correspondence with Leigh University

File consists of correspondence with Lehigh University regarding information on Dr. Howard L. Bronson. One letter from W. Beall Fowler, Chairman of Lehigh University and two letters from Philip A. Metzger, curator of Special Collections regarding a dunking incident involving Howard Bronson and responding correspondence from Ernest Heighton.

Correspondence with McGill University Archives

File consists of correspondence between Ernest Heighton and several correspondents from the archive at McGill University. The file contains copy of the images requested by Heighton regarding Bronson.

Correspondence with Michael Knowles

File consists of correspondence between Ernest Heighton and Michael Knowles. The correspondence relates to research on Dr. Henry Burton Sharman, and includes a Greek translation.

Correspondence with Ruth B. Crockett

File consists of correspondence between Ernest Heighton and Ruth B. Crockett, a niece of Howard Bronson's. The correspondence is related Heighton's research on Bronson. File contains a copy of Bronson's alumni record from Yale University.

Correspondence with staff at Yale University

File consists of correspondence between Ernest Heighton and members of the libraries and archives at Yale University. The file contains information regarding Dr. Bronson as requested by Heighton.

Correspondence with William MacKay (Mack) Creelman

File consists of correspondence between Ernest Heighton and W. M. Creelman, referred to by Heighton as Mack. The correspondence is related to a donation of Bronson's papers to the Dalhousie Archive. File includes a funeral announcement for Creelman.

Lecture Notes

These notes written by James Dinwiddie contain sections of notes on various topics including the history of medicine, chemistry, electricity, proof of repulsions, and mathematics.

Lecture Notes

This series of lecture notes by James Dinwiddie in 1792 (?) references several subjects including mathematics, natural philosophy, Plato, Epicurius, the motion of the Earth, David Hume, and "W. Harrington". The file consists of 29 pages of lecture notes.
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